The days are getting better and better every year.

　　Figure ①: Tourists are doing crossword puzzles in the tourist area of Shuidonggou site in Ningxia.

　　Our reporter Yan Limin photo

　　Figure 2: Beijing citizen Zhou Yanbin and his wife are delivering food in the new kitchen.

　　Our reporter He Yongshe

　　Fig. 3: A parent takes his child to visit Ocean Paradise in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province.

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Keshe

　　Cartography: Zhang Fangman

　　On the second day of the first month, the "Village Evening" was held in Tunbing Village, Pingyang Town, Xingbin District, Laibin City, Guangxi, which was initiated by entrepreneurs working in other places and attracted hundreds of villagers to watch. The picture shows Zhuang villagers performing on stage.

　　Our reporter Liu Huaxin photo

　　Residents of Paizilou in Beijing:

　　"Cooking in your own kitchen is comfortable."

　　Our reporter He Yong

　　In Houguaibang Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing, an old "Paizilou" has taken on a new look after three months’ renovation, with Spring Festival couplets, blessings and window grilles on the doors of every household, which is a jubilant scene.

　　Zhou Yanbin, 68, is busy in the kitchen wearing an apron. The reporter saw that in a space of about 6 square meters, there are all kinds of cooking stoves, range hoods and lockers, and all kinds of ingredients are on the table, just waiting for the pot. "Cooking in your own kitchen is comfortable!" Zhou Yanbin said happily.

　　"Last year, you see, this building is not like this at all. It is not easy to really belong to your own kitchen! " Zhou Yanbin’s wife, Zhao Xijin, told reporters, "This is an old building built in the 1950s. It originally belonged to the office of the unit. Later, the unit distributed the rooms on the third and fourth floors of the building to employees as dormitories. Each floor has a public bathroom and kitchen, and all residents in the floor share a water meter."

　　For decades, residents have "enclosed" public toilets and kitchens for their own convenience. The building is full of small compartments separated by residents’ private construction, and the lock on it becomes a private kitchen. Opaque glass blocks are used in public toilets, and a water heater becomes a private bathroom. Sewers are often blocked, and private wires are pulled on the roof of the corridor, which poses a serious safety hazard.

　　Zhou Yanbin introduced that last year, Chaoxi community joined forces with tap water, power supply and other units to transform the problems of water use and circuit aging in the building. The biggest change is that every household has its own kitchen and bathroom, and the community has re-divided the original public space of about 50 square meters on the floor, with each household being about 7 square meters.

　　"Does the cost of renovation need to be borne by residents?" The reporter asked questions. Zhou Yanbin said excitedly, "This renovation not only confiscated a penny from us, but also lasted for three months. During this time, we also paid rent subsidies!"

　　Humar Khan, Qitai County, Xinjiang:

　　"The road is repaired and the county seat is nearby."

　　Our reporter altak.

　　"It didn’t take you long to come here, did it? This road has changed a lot! " During the Spring Festival holiday, the reporter visited relatives in Kuangou Village, Qitai County, Xinjiang, and chatted with relatives. When it comes to the road from the county seat to the village, Uncle Humar Khan’s tone is full of excitement. "In the past, it took us three or four hours to get back to the village from the county!" He said that although Kuangou Village is only 50 kilometers away from the county seat, the road conditions are complicated, and it is impossible to pass through a river when there is a flood. There is also a dangerous mountain road, which is narrow and bumpy and can only pass in one direction.

　　Now, the dirt roads have become asphalt roads, the bridges across the river have been strengthened, the rugged mountain roads have been widened, and protective fences have been installed on the roadside. "Now into the county seat, it will arrive in less than an hour. What do you mean?" He smiled and said, "The road is repaired, and the county seat is nearby!"

　　"Why don’t you say, we don’t take the bus now?" My second aunt also joined us in the conversation. In the past, villagers could only travel by a bus. They got up before dawn to wait in line for the bus. If they missed it, they had to wait for the next day.

　　Nowadays, the number of buses entering the village has increased to three times a day, but some villagers have stopped taking buses. There are all kinds of cars in the village. If you want to go to town, you can take a lift and leave.

　　"The road has been repaired, and the days are booming. What a change!" The second uncle said excitedly.

　　Changyin, Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province:

　　"The most important thing is to do things in a down-to-earth manner"

　　Our reporter Gong Xiangjuan

　　Going home for the New Year, the reunion of middle school classmates is a must. The enthusiastic convener of this year’s gathering of graduates from Yanjia Middle School in Pizhou, Jiangsu Province is still the old monitor Wang Lu, who started his own company to produce asphalt mixture after he retired from the army.

　　Talking about business, Wang Lu looked relaxed. "Last year was better than the year before!" Wang Lu said that now that the policy is strictly controlled, enterprises that meet the environmental protection standards will not suffer losses. His company is now in place with environmental protection measures, and its business scale will double in 2017!

　　While speaking, the thinnest classmate sitting opposite often interjected, "It’s all done in this way. When I graduated from college and just went to work in a decoration company, I was completely blind. Later, I was not only able to design independently, but also undertook the later construction. Now, the business grows every year! "

　　"Tell me about your unique skills?" The students booed and asked. "There is no trick, the main reason is that I am more practical," Chang Yin said seriously. "New customers are introduced by old customers and passed on from mouth to mouth. Let’s young people, just starting, it is most important to do things in a down-to-earth manner! "

　　The sound of blessing and clinking glasses are intertwined, and everyone’s eyes are shining with happiness.